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... stops on the road to take selfies and what not. We will be back on the same road tomorrow to see what was missed. We did make it to Giants Causeway before it closed. In all of Sam's researching, she had no idea you could spend hours hiking there or that you should wear hiking attire. We did hike the upper path down to stone steps and pathways that zig-zagged us over some precarious cliffs. Once at the bottom we were able to see the ...

... trying a sip to see if I could taste all the flavors they say can be tasted within the whiskey. I have to call ******** on this one, in the end whiskey taste's like alcohol and nothing else! The only thing I noticed is it burns less than other whiskey's when drank straight.

Moving on from Bushmills we hit up another prerequisite must do in Northern Ireland, the Giant's Causeway. This is a very unique set of rock formations on the coast, it's ...

... raised in Derry, is a Catholic, is married to a Protestant, has run his tours for 15 years or so, and is contracted by the British government. He was excellent. He is clearly very passionate about his city and loves being able to show people who have that distorted media-influenced view around. He walked us up onto the city walls, built by the English in the 1600s and still in excellent condition. We looked over one side of the wall to see a Protestant area known as ...

... made our way from Jura to within a couple of miles of Kintyre, then gone about and headed to N Ireland, taking advantage of the strong southerly tides. For several hours the engine had been miss firing occasionally,, then the occasions got longer and longer until she was running well occasionally..and then she stopped. (Funny how it's always a 'she'). We adjusted the sails and our course to make best time for a haven. It was a nice sail, but there was the worry ...

... lunch in the village we returned to the car and drove to Dunluce Castle further west near Portrush. This castle is now in ruins. It had a chequered history but at one time it had a large town around its walls so was part of an active community. Archaeologists are currently investigating the area.

Our final stop for the day was to Downhill Demense (pronounced di-mayn – it means "An estate, the land and property owned ...